IOC Focal points: Question 2.A.6, 2.A.7: How many Higher Education Institutions exist in your country? What degrees are offered by your HEIs (highest degrees or equivalent overall)?

Country	Institution	Your Position	Gender	How many Higher Education Institutions exist in your country?	What degrees are offered by your HEIs (highest degrees or equivalent overall)
					BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Argentina	Servicio de HidrografÃa Naval	Technical Secretary	Male	35+	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Benin	Institut de Recherches Halieutiques et Océanologiques du Bénin (IRHOB)	Director		In marine science, 1. But generally we have 4 universities in the south and One in the North part of Benin	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Chile	CHILEAN NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SERVICE	DIRECTOR	Male	60				Postdoc
Colombia	Colombian Ocean Commission	International Adviser	Female	About 296 Higher Education Institutions	BSc	MSc	PhD
Comoros	Université des Comores	Lecturer	Male	1	BSc
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	State Hydro-Meteorological Administration	Director	Male	more than 200	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Egypt	National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	President of National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries	Male	830		MSc	PhD	Postdoc
El Salvador	Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales	Especialista en Oceanografía	Male	6		MSc
Estonia	Ministry of the Environment of Estonia	Coordinator	Male	17			PhD
Finland	Finnish Meteorological Institute	Safety, Head of Group	Female	appr. 3 for education related to marine science				Postdoc
France	Comité national français pour la COI	Présidente	Female	I don’t know			PhD	Postdoc
Germany	Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency	Secretariat of German IOC-Section	Male	107 Universities (not included Universities of Applied Science, and specialised Universities)				Postdoc
Guinea	Centre de Recherche Scientifique de Conakry Rogbanè (CERESCOR)	Chercheur Océanographe / Directeur Ecole Doctorale en Océanographie, Environnement Marin et Côtier	Male	IES : 57; IRS:21	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
India	INCOIS	Director	Male	760 includes conventional universities, universities of national important & deemed universities	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science	Director	Male	more than 2000 including all majors, 25 institutes for marine related majors	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Kenya	Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute	Director-Focal Point 3	Male	35	BSc	MSc	PhD
Kuwait	Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research	Principal Research Scientist, Kuwait Representative to IOC	Female	1			PhD
Lebanon	National Centre for Marine Sciences-CNRSL	Director of the Centre & Researcher	Male	over 30	BSc	MSc	PhD
Mexico	MEXICO NODC	Coordinator	Male	5343	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Morocco	INRH	National Focal Point	Male
Nigeria	Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research	Director	Male	Over 50				Postdoc
Pakistan	National Institute of Oceanography	Senior Research Scientist	Female	Only 3 or 4 degree awarding ocean science programs			PhD
Panama	Autoridad Marítima de Panamá	Jefe de Ambiente	Male	5		MSc
Peru	DirecciÃ³n de HidrografÃa y NavegaciÃ³n – PerÃº	Director	Male	Average	BSc	MSc
Portugal	Instituto Hidrografico	Oceanographer	Female	8		MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Sudan	UNESCO Chair on Marine Biology and Oceanography / Sudan	Chairholder	Male
Sweden	SMHI	Senior oceanographer/data manager	Female	Overall 10-15, Marine about 5				Postdoc
Togo	University of Lome	Lecturer, IOC National Focal Point	Male	2	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Tunisia	Institut National des Sciences et Technologies de la Mer (INSTM)	Professor	Male	At least 6	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
United Republic of Tanzania	Institute of Marine Sciences, UDSM	PO box 668, Zanzibar, Tanzania	Male	52	BSc	MSc	PhD	Postdoc
Vietnam	Institute of Oceanography, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology	Director	Female	50			PhD
ADDITIONAL
Ecuador	Instituto Oceanográfico y Antártico de la Armada	Investigador Oceanográfico	Female	alrededor de 70 Universidades entre públicas y privadas	BSc	MSc